Automatic advertising or display apparatus.



. H. M. SCHUTZ. AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING OR DISPLAY APPARATUS.

. APPLIola'L'IoNl FILED 121313.11. 1905. 91 1,618.

Patented Feb.9,1909.

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H. M. SCHUTZ. AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING OR DISPLAY APIARATUS.A

APPLIOATION FILED FBB.11, 1905.

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Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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E, M. SCHUTZ.' AUTOMATIC ADVERTISING 0R DISPLAYAPFABATUS..

PILIOATIN FILED FEB.11, 1905. u 'l 91 1 ,6136 Patented Feb. 9, 1909. 4 SHEETS-.SHEET 3.

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AUTOMATIO ADVERTISING 0R DISPLAY APPARATUS.

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. HARRY n. SCHUTZ,

niettemin innvenrxsme To all whom 'it may concerti: Be' it known that); HARRY sn'b'i'ect et theKjng fof Great 'siding at Milan, ,15 Via Olona,

apparatus, b'yvneaiis of which aseries of plates cerryinglanips, `illur'ninated signs ormin'g words, letters o r legends as occasion buey demand, are' arranged andcau'sed yto describe certaln veccentric and concentric by certain mechanism hereafter to be de'- scrlbed-so as to forni an attraction for ad.-4

vertisingor other purposes. l l

4Referring to the drawings, Figure lis' a.

side elevation, Fig. 2e 4iront elevation of the machine, -Fig. 3 e. diagram explaining the :eccentric movements.A Fig. 4 is a sectional view. IFig. 5 is a. back view otone of the plates and showing the electrical connections fiagremmeticelly. Fig'. 6 is ajdetail view ci one ofthe brushes and its connections. so'

Gn` the opter Wall oi a' iframe' 'Work d, made of iron or @their suitable material, is-

- by screws D a toothed geaivheel rough the center' of the'same prof running in bearings d, d', formed by bosses cast` on the ra'm'e vverk al. Ke ed and'iixd tight on the p rtrudingend of t 1e" shaft is a spider, and' et the extremity ofueach' 'of its arnis' (the other side of the bssif and else ii'xedtil 'as l).

bosses if, f, serving as running bearings() is a indle g. r0in one' side ot each bossend ed tight on the spindle by key H, is anotherl Gear communication' is iinnislied by. the' sinaller toothed- Wlieel i,fr'eei to revolve cast on t arm of the spider e. 0n the( it on the spindle g is' 4a k'plate y' n'uitdejl referl ly' of some non conjduc tji'ngj` materia' siich' as hard fiber-or ebonit'e, on Wh'icl'e-are arranged the lamps or illuminate-'e signent zegen-1s as the case tney be.' ft now :'r'ollove'fs'tlieltfv the main' shalt 't3-being* provided Withfaf' toothed gear wheel te gearing into aiitlr otsimlnr pitch x, fixed' on a'sibsidiar'y shaft specification erreccefseecntentation and February 1 1, isos. anni No.' 245,31@

` means that the gear Wheelh, of the same' diameter f also. keyed al or MILAN.' ITALY.

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through-fthe' agency of an endless screw o1' geared -diferir! Wheel kt-cansd to., revolve I .wenn l, Vsutatly supported et m--andfrnnninf nt bearings and' .copledeither directeur by means' of a be-Iter other means @delle shaftof a' motor-plthespider e Willfreveive on supplying current to the motor. No'vv byfmean's off the@ 'communicating gears 'i i being compelled toturn i and travel Aacross the peri "hery of the vfred Wheel 6,2 andv es the Wheels l?, ln'have the same diameter asthe iixedvvheel b it follows that during the Inovement vor rotation of the'spijdei the plate j will i:tdways reinalin :suspended .in-the sanie predisposed vetioll; horizontal -or other plane. This Will'be seen'- to beof the utmost mpor'tance,-to keep the vwords or signs always inthe requisite u ri ht osition so esto render' t-hein perfect y egi le, and to obviate confusion. 'i

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thrown out of the plates ere. arranged and thewdrking centers` of the .spindles g, "on which tliey'ale I :noiinted' and it is byfthis 'cnliar' eccentric 'evolutioni are ceused to ta ie' place, glce cause the plates always keeping their redls'posed position during the revolving o the 'st-er arms suppoitin` them, consecutivelvapproeoh tower s and precisely Aduring-'evexy hlf cfa completerevol'utioni'of the vspider e, that iste say, f cr exactlyV onehelf of a complete revolution oi the' spider, the plates advance towards the center, Whereesiorexactly -the' "remaining hall", they recede iront-the center,

to talte'u'p their original-.position at the completion oi each revolut'ion. f 'lo easier understand the ecentric course described alove, reference FL. follow the4 course of but one and which will be hereafter attested; en*

each of. the revolving vplates wevvill arrange lthey Word Patent-,32' cpl-resuming noi'v tiretthe spider revolvesin direction ofthe long u legends' always remain 'i-errows; and tlitfth f in the "correct legible gear disposition alrea @time `axis. oflthe Spder, gears /carrymg shafts, my hand i the presence of twoeyvitnesses.

"-- Witli the statonar gear and'the gears on each armI thereof, a plate eclcentrcally stationary plate located in.front of the/cen- 10 mounted on each shaft, a stationary gear ter of said spider. i r

concehtri'callyarranged with relation to the In Witness whereof I have hereunto set l gears earred-by the spider and meshing` HARRY M SCHUTZ. the shafts, ythe sai( gears being s arranged. i jWitesses: as' to keep theplates in a predysposedvplane MIQHELEDE DRAGO,A and means for retatingthe spjr'gi 'and Aa ROAZEAU. 

